MICHAELSON v. NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO.

Nos. 77-306-M.P., 77-307-M.P.

404 A.2d 799 (1979)

Julius C. MICHAELSON, Attorney General et al. v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Gregory L. Benik, R. Daniel Prentiss, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for Julius C. Michaelson and Division of Public Utilities and Carriers.

Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Peter J. McGinn, Mark A. Pfeiffer, Providence, Richard W. Blackburn, Boston, Mass., for New England Tel. and Tel. Co.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

On November 5, 1976, the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (the company or New England) filed with the Public Utilities Commission (the commission) a revised schedule of tariffs designed to increase the company's annual revenues from its intrastate operations by approximately $25 million. The commission, pursuant to its authority under G.L.1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 39-3-11, suspended the proposed effective date of...

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